This Podcast Got Me Thinking

Hello and happy October! I am excited that Modern Musings opened the month up with an artes magicae topic such as Palmistry. I have always had a love for anything esoteric, supernatural, and occult. And what better time than the month of October to explore those topics. As we mentioned in the podcast, we are not very experienced with the art of palm reading. I really felt like I was having a sleepover and reading my hands as if I were a teenager. I had a blast participating in that episode and it got me thinking. 

You may or may not know that I have a grimoire. Well, the black cat’s out of the bag. What is a grimoire you might ask?  It is a book of knowledge (some call it a book of shadows) that I am putting together of all things artes magicae, if you will. It comprises all that I am learning, studying and putting to use. I have a little bit of everything in my book from herbs, moon water, affirmations, chakras and tarot. I have a whole section dedicated to divination, but I have not dedicated much of my time to it. After the podcast, I decided that I should move forward with my notes and exploration. 

I have hopes to study and explore many forms of divination, and really get a feel for the ones that interest me the most. There are so many different types of divination, it can be overwhelming. I have a deep interest in knowing where a technique comes from, how it is named, and how it compares in another culture. Let’s just say that when I asked Google how many types of divination there are, and I clicked the link for Wikipedia, I almost fell out of my chair, I counted almost 400!  I was so excited to see the nomenclature and explanation of why some words end in ‘scopia’ and some in ‘mancy’. The reasoning being that ‘scopia’ was more scientific whereas ‘mantia’ is more mystical. Yes, I am a nerd, and etymology excites me!

John William Waterhouse - The Crystal Ball

I hope that we can touch on this topic more in the future. I know all three of us have enjoyed discussing tarot cards, although tarot is my favorite, I would like to know more about reading tea leaves, rune stones, scrying, dowsing rods, and more about tapping into my intuition by opening that so-called third eye. What are your thoughts? I would love to know what you think. Tell us in the comments.